**Chapter Twenty-Four**
(Outside the Danger Room)
"You'll be communicating with each other through the ear phones assigned to you," Scott stood infront of the trainees. "You also have names you go by in this room, state them for your team-mates."
"Gambit,"
"Jubilee,"
"Rogue,"
"Iceman,"
"Nightcrawler,"
"Shadowcat,"
"Echo," Lyric was last in line.
"And I'll be going by Cyclops. There will be lasers shot at you. If you get hit by one it will be no more painful than getting hit with a paintball or waterballoon this is because of your suits," All seven were wearing their own leather X-Men suits. "Also figures that you've been training with will come up. Some of you will be hit with things to use your powers on. If you get hurt contact me or one of your team-mates. I will be in a different room observing you with Jean. Don't be afraid to ask for help. You're here to learn to work as a team. Any questions?" no one moved. "Alright, have fun." the large door with an X opened. The seven walked in.
The room was large with three different levels. The first level was only the floor with laser machines on the ceiling. The second and thrid levels could not been seen but they were told the second level was a maze and the third would be almost completly dark.
"You'll have one minute to spread," they all heard Cyclops say threw the ear phones.
Shadowcat and Nightcrawler teleported tot he third level. "Vhere did you get the name 'Shadowcat'? he asked once they were at the top and he put her down.
"Well my name, hence forth 'cat' and 'shadow' cause..well you know,"
"Vell I like it. Itz sexy,"
"This is not a makeout session you two," Echo said. Her, Rogue and Iceman stayed on the first floor while Gambit and Jubilee went to the second.
"Three, two, one," the lights went off for a second then went back on.
~FIRST LEVEL~
A red laser beam came out fromt the mechine and shot at Iceman. He easily dodged it. Rogue decided to go in the other direction. When she ran a figure popped up in her path. She side kicked it then hit it square in the chest. Echo went in the opisite direction of Rogue. When she stopped water balls came towards her. She smiled as her hands went up forming a wall of water.
~SECOND LEVEL~
Gambit pulled a card from a pocket on the suit chargeing it and threw it at one of the figures that had a laser.
"Gambit you've gotta let me have a shot!"
"Fine," he eased up. The next laser fired at Jubilee and she ducked under it then aimed her hands at it. The fireworks hit the figure completly knocking it over. "Nice shot."
~THIRD LEVEL~
Nightcrawler had his feet firmly planted on the ground. His ears pinned back when he heard one of the figures turning. The laser shot in his direction.
*BAMF*
The laser kept going towards Shadowcat. She stood there as it went threw her.
***
(Safe room)
"They're doing good aren't they Scott?" Jean said to Scott watching the moniters.
"Uh, yeah,"
"Scott, somethings wrong, what is it?"
Scott took the ear phone out and turned it off so the trainees wouldn't be distraced. "We need to talk."
***
"This is it," John said quietly to himself so Mystique and Toad wouldn't hear. They were at the door of the danger room. Mystique shifted from herself to the form of Jean. "Toad take the second level, Mystique third." the doors opened and the three walked in.
***
~FIRST LEVEL~
Echo held her hands up to the now 8ft wall of water. She knew she wasn't powerful enough yet to hold it up much longer.
"Bob- Iceman, I need some help here,"
"Will do," a few seconds later Iceman was by her side after dodgeing some lasers. "What do you need?"
"I can't hold it, I'm not strong enough,"
"Here," he put his hand to the side of the water barely touching it and it slowly froze.
"Thanks,"
"No problem," when he said that a fireball flew through the ice melting it. "Where the hell did that come from?"
"Are you guys alright?" Rogue ran to Iceman's side.
"Yeah," Echo replied. "Its just that fireball,"
"Came from me,"
"John!?" Rogue and Iceman questioned in disbelief.
"Yeah, I'm back," he put his hands up forming a firewall towards the three.
Iceman and Echo put their hands up forming walls of ice and water. Rogue knew what she had to do. All she had to do was to touch John. She started to make her way around Iceman, John didn't notice, but Toad did. He was on the ceiling making his way to the second level when he saw Rogue. He whiped out his long toung hitting her in the head with enough force to blow her to the floor where she hit her head causing her to pass out.
"Rogue!" Iceman started to lose concentration on fighting John.
"Bobby no!" Echo yelled. "She's fine, she just hit her head. I can't do this alone!"
Toad snickered continuing his journey.
~THIRD LEVEL~
*BAMF*
Nightcrawler appeared infront of 'Jean'.
"Jean, vhat are you doing here?" he asked. She grinned as she shifted to her normal blue shape. Before Nightcrawler had time to react Mystique kicking his knee joints from behind causing him to fall.
"Nighty-night Nightcrawler," she placed a cloth to his mouth. The chemical on it clouded his mind. He forgot about his power. Soon darkness started to take over and the last thing he though was 'Vhere did she hafe that?'
Shadowcat let another laster go threw her when she saw someone over Nightcrawler.
"Hey!" she yelled running towards who ever was hurting her lover. Mystique smiled when Shadowcat ran into falling to the ground.
"Powers aren't strong enough to go through people yet huh?" Mystique held the same cloth to Shadowcat's mouth. She struggled holding onto Mystique's wrist. Mystique kept the cloth there until the hand let go of her wrist falling to the floor.
***
(safty room)
"Well what is it Scott?"
"Don't dig around okay?"
"Okay,"
"Its about Lyric,"
***
~SECOND LEVEL~
"Do you hear something?" Jubilee asked.
"No. What was it?"
"Like someone jumping,"
"Like me?" they both turned to the new voice. As a reflex Jubilee shot the lights at him. Toad easily dodged them and let his long toung out grabbing Jubilee's wrists together.
"Noo!" Gambit yelled in fear his fiancee would be hurt. He charged a card and threw it in Toad's direction. It exploded right above Toad's toung. Toad released Jubilee and she flew across the room landing on the floor hitting her head like Rogue.
"That was a stupid mistake boy," Toad hissed. His toung flew out grabbing Gambit's ankel dragging him across the room next to Jubilee. He released Gambit only to reach above to a light leting drop to Gambits head. The toung then went out grabbing an ankel of each and started to take them down.
~FIRST LEVEL~
The fumes formt he fire were making Echo lose her concentration.
"Echo, stay with me, come on!"
Bus she couldn't hear words anymore. The only thing she saw was fire. And it took over. Echo passed out and when she fell so did the wall of water.
"Looks like its just you and me. Iceman. Honestly where did you get that name?"
"John, why are you doing this?"
"Oh its not John anymore. I have a nickname too. Its Pyro,"
Without Echo's help, Iceman was defenseless. Pyro melted the ice sending Iceman across the room and he like his other three friends hit his head.
***
(Safty room)
"What about Lyric?"
"Well, there has, well there is, chemistry between us,"
"Scott, just say it before I start digging,"
"I'm in love with Lyric," he spit out. He didn't want it to come out like that but it did. "And last night, while you were in New York. I, uh, we slept together,"
"What?"
"You heard me,"
"And I thought was I did was bad,"
"What did you do?"
"Kissed Logan. I was going to apologize for it,"
"Well I'm not sorry for this. Because I'm in love with her,"
Before Jean could say anything lights started to go off.
"Security breach," the computer started repeating.
"Oh god," Scott had forgotten the session. He looked at the moneters. Level's two and three were empty. And on level one he saw Lyric's unconcus body. "No!" he picked up the ear phone turning it back on. "Lyric, Lyric can you hear me? Its Scott." no answer. He ran for the door but something had sealed it from the other side. "No!"
Mystique heard Scott yelling and pounding on the steel door. She grinned as Toad took Lyric away. The puzzel was complet.
(Outside the Danger Room)
"You'll be communicating with each other through the ear phones assigned to you," Scott stood infront of the trainees. "You also have names you go by in this room, state them for your team-mates."
"Gambit,"
"Jubilee,"
"Rogue,"
"Iceman,"
"Nightcrawler,"
"Shadowcat,"
"Echo," Lyric was last in line.
"And I'll be going by Cyclops. There will be lasers shot at you. If you get hit by one it will be no more painful than getting hit with a paintball or waterballoon this is because of your suits," All seven were wearing their own leather X-Men suits. "Also figures that you've been training with will come up. Some of you will be hit with things to use your powers on. If you get hurt contact me or one of your team-mates. I will be in a different room observing you with Jean. Don't be afraid to ask for help. You're here to learn to work as a team. Any questions?" no one moved. "Alright, have fun." the large door with an X opened. The seven walked in.
The room was large with three different levels. The first level was only the floor with laser machines on the ceiling. The second and thrid levels could not been seen but they were told the second level was a maze and the third would be almost completly dark.
"You'll have one minute to spread," they all heard Cyclops say threw the ear phones.
Shadowcat and Nightcrawler teleported tot he third level. "Vhere did you get the name 'Shadowcat'? he asked once they were at the top and he put her down.
"Well my name, hence forth 'cat' and 'shadow' cause..well you know,"
"Vell I like it. Itz sexy,"
"This is not a makeout session you two," Echo said. Her, Rogue and Iceman stayed on the first floor while Gambit and Jubilee went to the second.
"Three, two, one," the lights went off for a second then went back on.
~FIRST LEVEL~
A red laser beam came out fromt the mechine and shot at Iceman. He easily dodged it. Rogue decided to go in the other direction. When she ran a figure popped up in her path. She side kicked it then hit it square in the chest. Echo went in the opisite direction of Rogue. When she stopped water balls came towards her. She smiled as her hands went up forming a wall of water.
~SECOND LEVEL~
Gambit pulled a card from a pocket on the suit chargeing it and threw it at one of the figures that had a laser.
"Gambit you've gotta let me have a shot!"
"Fine," he eased up. The next laser fired at Jubilee and she ducked under it then aimed her hands at it. The fireworks hit the figure completly knocking it over. "Nice shot."
~THIRD LEVEL~
Nightcrawler had his feet firmly planted on the ground. His ears pinned back when he heard one of the figures turning. The laser shot in his direction.
*BAMF*
The laser kept going towards Shadowcat. She stood there as it went threw her.
***
(Safe room)
"They're doing good aren't they Scott?" Jean said to Scott watching the moniters.
"Uh, yeah,"
"Scott, somethings wrong, what is it?"
Scott took the ear phone out and turned it off so the trainees wouldn't be distraced. "We need to talk."
***
"This is it," John said quietly to himself so Mystique and Toad wouldn't hear. They were at the door of the danger room. Mystique shifted from herself to the form of Jean. "Toad take the second level, Mystique third." the doors opened and the three walked in.
***
~FIRST LEVEL~
Echo held her hands up to the now 8ft wall of water. She knew she wasn't powerful enough yet to hold it up much longer.
"Bob- Iceman, I need some help here,"
"Will do," a few seconds later Iceman was by her side after dodgeing some lasers. "What do you need?"
"I can't hold it, I'm not strong enough,"
"Here," he put his hand to the side of the water barely touching it and it slowly froze.
"Thanks,"
"No problem," when he said that a fireball flew through the ice melting it. "Where the hell did that come from?"
"Are you guys alright?" Rogue ran to Iceman's side.
"Yeah," Echo replied. "Its just that fireball,"
"Came from me,"
"John!?" Rogue and Iceman questioned in disbelief.
"Yeah, I'm back," he put his hands up forming a firewall towards the three.
Iceman and Echo put their hands up forming walls of ice and water. Rogue knew what she had to do. All she had to do was to touch John. She started to make her way around Iceman, John didn't notice, but Toad did. He was on the ceiling making his way to the second level when he saw Rogue. He whiped out his long toung hitting her in the head with enough force to blow her to the floor where she hit her head causing her to pass out.
"Rogue!" Iceman started to lose concentration on fighting John.
"Bobby no!" Echo yelled. "She's fine, she just hit her head. I can't do this alone!"
Toad snickered continuing his journey.
~THIRD LEVEL~
*BAMF*
Nightcrawler appeared infront of 'Jean'.
"Jean, vhat are you doing here?" he asked. She grinned as she shifted to her normal blue shape. Before Nightcrawler had time to react Mystique kicking his knee joints from behind causing him to fall.
"Nighty-night Nightcrawler," she placed a cloth to his mouth. The chemical on it clouded his mind. He forgot about his power. Soon darkness started to take over and the last thing he though was 'Vhere did she hafe that?'
Shadowcat let another laster go threw her when she saw someone over Nightcrawler.
"Hey!" she yelled running towards who ever was hurting her lover. Mystique smiled when Shadowcat ran into falling to the ground.
"Powers aren't strong enough to go through people yet huh?" Mystique held the same cloth to Shadowcat's mouth. She struggled holding onto Mystique's wrist. Mystique kept the cloth there until the hand let go of her wrist falling to the floor.
***
(safty room)
"Well what is it Scott?"
"Don't dig around okay?"
"Okay,"
"Its about Lyric,"
***
~SECOND LEVEL~
"Do you hear something?" Jubilee asked.
"No. What was it?"
"Like someone jumping,"
"Like me?" they both turned to the new voice. As a reflex Jubilee shot the lights at him. Toad easily dodged them and let his long toung out grabbing Jubilee's wrists together.
"Noo!" Gambit yelled in fear his fiancee would be hurt. He charged a card and threw it in Toad's direction. It exploded right above Toad's toung. Toad released Jubilee and she flew across the room landing on the floor hitting her head like Rogue.
"That was a stupid mistake boy," Toad hissed. His toung flew out grabbing Gambit's ankel dragging him across the room next to Jubilee. He released Gambit only to reach above to a light leting drop to Gambits head. The toung then went out grabbing an ankel of each and started to take them down.
~FIRST LEVEL~
The fumes formt he fire were making Echo lose her concentration.
"Echo, stay with me, come on!"
Bus she couldn't hear words anymore. The only thing she saw was fire. And it took over. Echo passed out and when she fell so did the wall of water.
"Looks like its just you and me. Iceman. Honestly where did you get that name?"
"John, why are you doing this?"
"Oh its not John anymore. I have a nickname too. Its Pyro,"
Without Echo's help, Iceman was defenseless. Pyro melted the ice sending Iceman across the room and he like his other three friends hit his head.
***
(Safty room)
"What about Lyric?"
"Well, there has, well there is, chemistry between us,"
"Scott, just say it before I start digging,"
"I'm in love with Lyric," he spit out. He didn't want it to come out like that but it did. "And last night, while you were in New York. I, uh, we slept together,"
"What?"
"You heard me,"
"And I thought was I did was bad,"
"What did you do?"
"Kissed Logan. I was going to apologize for it,"
"Well I'm not sorry for this. Because I'm in love with her,"
Before Jean could say anything lights started to go off.
"Security breach," the computer started repeating.
"Oh god," Scott had forgotten the session. He looked at the moneters. Level's two and three were empty. And on level one he saw Lyric's unconcus body. "No!" he picked up the ear phone turning it back on. "Lyric, Lyric can you hear me? Its Scott." no answer. He ran for the door but something had sealed it from the other side. "No!"
Mystique heard Scott yelling and pounding on the steel door. She grinned as Toad took Lyric away. The puzzel was complet.